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Synthetic Metals Lab
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The lab synthesizes conjugated polymers using liquid crystals.
AboutAbout the lab
Making new polymers using liquid crystals
The Synthetic Metals Lab studies conjugated polymers.
It develops synthesis methods for polymers, and synthesizes, measures, and analyzes polymers with new functions.
The lab's keywords include asymmetric electrolytic polymerization in liquid crystals, asymmetric polymerization in liquid crystal solvents, and electrolytic polymerization in liquid crystals under a magnetic field.
On the lab's website, it is presented under the name "Goto Lab (Quantum Polymer Science Lab)."
Key terms
- Conjugated polymer
- A polymer with a structure of alternating double and single bonds. Conducting polymers, which conduct electricity, belong to this group
- Liquid crystal
- A substance in a state between solid and liquid, whose molecules tend to align in a certain direction
- Composite
- A composite material made by combining multiple materials with different properties
NewsLab news
A paper with a student as first author was accepted by Journal of Polymer Science
A Japanese-language paper by students and faculty members was published in KEK Photon Factory News, and was also chosen for the cover
A student's paper was published in Chemical Papers
A student's paper on dye-based magnetic materials was published in Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials
A student's first-author paper on sheets for removing radioactive materials was published in Composite Interfaces
ResearchResearch themes
The lab develops synthesis methods for conjugated polymers, and synthesizes, measures, and analyzes polymers with new functions. The research page lists asymmetric electrolytic polymerization and optically active electrochromism, chemical polymerization using cholesteric liquid crystals, and composites of conjugated polymers and metals.
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The members of the Synthetic Metals Lab are the faculty, doctoral students, master's students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorHiromasa Goto
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- Top image: “Blue phase of the liquid crystalline polymer” Ratamaque74 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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